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ArticleCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.)2010

Screening for oral premalignancy and cancer: what platform and which biomarkers?

Mark W Lingen

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Article in Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark W LingenDepartment of Pathology, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 6101, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Mark.Lingen@uchospitals.edu
University of Chicago Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This perspective on the report by Pattani et al. in this issue of the journal (beginning on page 1093) examines the utility of detecting hypermethylation of the candidate tumor suppressor genes endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) and kinesin family member 1A (KIF1A) as a means of oral cancer or premalignancy screening. The data discussed here raise the possibility that saliva-based hypermethylation studies may hold promise as a cancer screening platform. This perspective also discusses some of the challenges and current limitations of developing biomarkers to screen not only for oral premalignancy and early cancer but for human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal neoplasia as well.

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AlphapapillomavirusBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellEarly Detection of CancerHumansMouth NeoplasmsPrecancerous ConditionsSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkers, Tumor

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PMID20798207
OpenAlexW2096521837

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